KNOW THE VICTIM. >> DONZELL IS A CARING PERSON, A LOVING PERSON. HANNAH: DESCRIBED AS CARING AND LOVING, THIS DES MOINES HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, WAS SHOT AND KILLED SUNDAY NIGHT. DONZELL MARTIN WAS JUST 17-YEARS-OLD. >> MET DONZELL MY 6TH GRADE YEAR. HANNAH: MAKING HIS FRIENDS JUST AS YOUNG. BRAD TUKES SAYS HE STILL CAN’T BELIEVE MARTIN, IS GONE. IT’S A DEVASTATING REALITY FOR THOSE WHO KNEW HIM >> IT JUST HURTS. A DIFFERENT KIND OF PAIN ’CAUSE THAT WAS LIKE MY BROTHER. HANNAH: AND FRIGHTENING FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT. >> IT’S SO SAD. IT’S SO YOUNG. IT’S SUCH A YOUNG LIFE JUST GONE. HANNAH: SHANEAN YAW, LIVES JUST DOWN THE STREET FROM THE SHOOTING ON EAST 12TH, NEAR JEFFERSON. SHE DIDN’T HEAR GUNSHOTS SUNDAY NIGHT, BUT SAW THE HEAVY POLICE PRESENCE. >> I WENT UP TO ASK THE OFFICERS WHAT WAS GOING ON BECAUSE I HAVE CHILDREN. HANNAH: DES MOINES POLICE SAY MARTIN WAS SHOT AT A HOME, AND DRIVEN TO MERCY, WHERE HE DIED. AS THE SHOTS RANG OUT DISPATCH , IMMEDIATELY FLOODED WITH NEIGHBORS WILLING TO HELP. >> WE’VE GOT SHELL CASINGS THERE. OUR CALLER WILL FLAG YOU DOWN AND POINT THEM OUT. >> I THINK THE COLLECTIVE HEART OF OUR COMMUNITY IS ABOUT FED UP WITH IT. WE’VE HAD GREAT WITNESS COOPERATION IN THIS CASE. AND I THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST TIRED OF SEEING YOUNG KIDS DIE, SO THEY ARE GOING TO STEP UP AND DO THE RIGHT THING. HANNAH: SGT. PAUL PARIZEK SAYS THE WITNESS COOPERATION HAS HELPED THEM DEVELOP A MOTIVE, AND LEADS. AND HAS THOSE CONNECTE

Police have arrested a Des Moines man in connection with the shooting death of a 17-year-old high school student, the city’s fourth homicide so far this year. Des Moines police Sgt. Paul Parizek said 28-year-old Javell D. Williams has been charged with first-degree murder and first-degree robbery in Donzell Martin’s death. Additional arrests are expected, authorities said. Martin was reportedly shot in the 1700 block of East 12th Street. He was taken via private vehicle to Mercy Medical Center, where he died.Brad Tukes, who has known Martin since sixth grade, said, “Donzell is a caring person, a loving person.” “It just hurts,” Tukes said. “(It’s) a different kind of pain because that was, like, my brother. … I just want justice for my brother.” Martin’s death is devastating for those who knew him yet frightening for those who didn’t.“It’s so sad,” said Shanean Yaw, who lives in the neighborhood where the shooting happened. “It’s so young. It’s such a young life just gone.” Yaw said she didn’t hear the gunshots Sunday, but she saw a heavy police presence near the crime scene. “I went up to ask the officers what was going on because I have children,” she said. Parizek said witnesses helped investigators develop a motive and leads in the case. “I think the collective heart of our community is about fed up with it,” he said. “We’ve had great witness cooperation in this case, and I think people are just tired of seeing young kids die. So I think they are going to step up and do the right thing.”Martin is the third teenager to be shot – and the second to die – within the last 10 days. Meanwhile, community members said they hope to never see violence in their neighborhood again. “I never had it this close, not this close,” Yaw said.

DES MOINES, Iowa (KCCI) —

Police have arrested a Des Moines man in connection with the shooting death of a 17-year-old high school student, the city’s fourth homicide so far this year.

Martin was reportedly shot in the 1700 block of East 12th Street. He was taken via private vehicle to Mercy Medical Center, where he died.

Brad Tukes, who has known Martin since sixth grade, said, “Donzell is a caring person, a loving person.”

“It just hurts,” Tukes said. “(It’s) a different kind of pain because that was, like, my brother. … I just want justice for my brother.”

Martin’s death is devastating for those who knew him yet frightening for those who didn’t.

“It’s so sad,” said Shanean Yaw, who lives in the neighborhood where the shooting happened. “It’s so young. It’s such a young life just gone.”

Yaw said she didn’t hear the gunshots Sunday, but she saw a heavy police presence near the crime scene.

“I went up to ask the officers what was going on because I have children,” she said.

Parizek said witnesses helped investigators develop a motive and leads in the case.

“I think the collective heart of our community is about fed up with it,” he said. “We’ve had great witness cooperation in this case, and I think people are just tired of seeing young kids die. So I think they are going to step up and do the right thing.”

Martin is the third teenager to be shot – and the second to die – within the last 10 days.

Meanwhile, community members said they hope to never see violence in their neighborhood again.